Improvement in druggists  prescription-files



C. G. STROMBERG. DRUGGISTSPRESCRIPTION-FILE.

No. 191,783. Patented June 12,1877.

MPETHs, JNOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C4 7 UNITED STATEs PATENTOFFICE.

CHRISTIAN G. STROMBERG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRUGGISTS PRESCRIPTION-FILES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,77i3, dated June12, 1877; application filed May 7, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN G. STEoM- BERG, of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Druggists Prescription- File Book; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying" drawing,forming part of this specification, in which-'- Figure 1 represents ageneral plan of a prescription-file book, embodying my invention, whenopened. Fig. 2 represents atransverse section of one of the leaves,taken on the line 4:; av drawn through Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 represents atransverse section of one of the leaves detached from the book.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts. i

The object of my invention is to provide a book within which druggistsprescriptions may be conveniently filed, and so that any prescriptionhaving a given number may be readily and quickly found; and to that endleaves of the book when made double, or

when each leaf is made of one or a single sheet folded at its center, orfrom two single sheets connected together at their outer edges, so as'to form two parts, a, and a, as shown in Fig. 3. 0 represents adividing-leaf, which is interposed between the parts a and a. of therespective leaves, and is permanently connected to the back of the book.

Each of the parts a a of the respective leaves is provided with one ormore series of horizontal slits, d, out through them, one above theother, asv shown in Fig. 1, and are arranged at a uniform distance onefrom the other, and are of the proper length to admit of passing theprescription-slip f through them, so as to allow the slip to passbetween the dividing-leaf and the part a or a of the leaf proper, asshown in Fig. 2.

In using said book the prescription-slips are first numbered in regularorder on the back and below the center of said slips, and each thenfolded at a point immediately above its said number, and the lowerportion of each slip is then passed through one of the slits, and theupper part thereof passed through the slit next above, and so that thenumbers of the slips will be arranged centrally between the slits and inregular order from top to bottom of each series of slits, as shown inFig. 1.

In forming the leaves of the book, I preferably cut two series of slitsin each part of each leaf with twenty-five slits in each series,

.so that each part of each leaf will contain fifty slips, and when thebook is opened one hundred numbers will be exposed to view, and toenable the druggist to find any desired number or prescription, I numbereach alternate leaf on the right-hand corner from No. l upward. Forexample, should No. 420 be wanted, turn to page 5 of the book, where itwill be found in the first series of slits at the left hand of saidpage; or should 1290 be wanted, turn to page 13. where it will be foundin the last series of slits at the right hand of said page.

In constructing my said improved prescription-file book I prefer to makethe leaves A double, as described; but the dividing-leaf may bedispensed with, and only one of the parts a. or a be provided with oneor more series of slits, d.

The leaves of the book may consist only of single sheets, and eachalternate leaf provided with said slits, which will producesubstantially the same result as the said double and interposed leaves,but more liable to become disarranged.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the parts a and a. of the leaves A B with one or moreseries of parallel slits, d, and with or without the dividingleaf 0interposed between the parts a and a, substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

- CHRISTIAN G. STROMBERG.

Witnesses:

N. G. GRIDLEY, N. H. SEEEBUENE.

